17 Benbow Drive, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5FP

17 Benbow Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 5FP). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £487,000 sits 319.8% above the 1999 sale of £116,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 58.2% below the postcode norm.